Some Descendants of Dea. Josiah Brackett (Richard) and Elizabeth Waldo

  1. Sarah Brackett [Ref, p. 121] was born on 1 Nov 1674 in Billerica. [Ref, 157; 201] She was baptised on 28 Jan 1676/7 in Braintree. [Ref, 157; 205]
    Her grandfather Richard Brackett left Sarah twenty pounds in his will of 1688/9. [Ref, 157; 201] She was apparently admitted to the church in Roxbury in 1688. [Ref, 157; 205] There is no further known record of her and she was not named in her mother's will. [Ref, 157; 205]
  2. Elizabeth Brackett was born on 16 Feb 1677/8 [Ref, p. 121] in Braintree. [Ref][Ref, 157; 201] She was baptised on 24 Feb 1677/8 in Braintree. [Ref, 157; 205] She died between 14 Aug 1712, when her last child was born, and 23 Jun 1735, when her mother wrote her will, probably in Rehoboth. [Ref, 157; 205] She married John Bowen on 12 Sep 1700 in Rehoboth. [Ref, 157; 205] John was son of Richard and Esther (Sutton) Bowen and the grandson of Richard Bowen. [Ref, 157; 205] He was born on 15 March 16[71?] in Rehoboth. [Ref, 157; 205] He died on 1 Apr 1748 in Rehoboth. [Ref, 157; 205]
    Her grandfather Richard Brackett left Elizabeth twenty pounds in his will of 1688/9. [Ref, 157; 201]
    John signed his will on 21 Mar 1747/8; it was proved on 7 Jun 1748. [Ref, 157; 206] He names his sons Thomas and John; his daughters Sarah Whipple and Esther Brown; a son of daughter Elizabeth Lamb. [Ref, 157; 206]
    1. Esther Bowen was born on 22 Jul 1701 in Rehoboth. [Ref, 157; 206] She died on 3 Aug 1701 in Rehoboth. [Ref, 157; 206]
    2. Elizabeth Bowen was born on 17 Jul 1702. [Ref, 157; 206] She probably died before 21 Mar 1747/8. [Ref, 157; 206] She married Unknown Lamb.
    3. Sarah Bowen was born on 27 Sep 1704. [Ref, 157; 206] She was livilng on 21 Mar 1747/8. [Ref, 157; 206] She married Unknown Whipple.
    4. Esther Bowen was born on 19 Dec 1709 in Rehoboth. [Ref, 157; 206] She died between 4 Apr and 3 Jun 1783. She married as his second wife Isaac Brown after 15 Mar 1728/9 (int.) in Rehoboth. [Ref, p. 73]
    5. John Bowen was born on 19 Dec 1709. [Ref, 157; 206] He died on 9 Sep 1792 and is buried in the Newman Cemetery in East Providence, Rhode Island (then Rehoboth). [Ref, 157; 206]
    6. Thomas Bowen was born on 14 Aug 1712. [Ref, 157; 206] He died in Cumberland, Rhode Island on 20 Nov 1765. [Ref, 157; 206]